If you want to talk about Cao Xiuge and his person, it may be a mixed reputation, but if you want to talk about the entire Cao family, everyone may only be in awe and make a consistent evaluation.

Full of loyalty!

Nothing to do with the faction.

Rao was the first to snipe Old Man Cao with the Li family, but Song Luoshen had never heard his grandfather say a bad word about the Cao family for so many years.

Not a word.

But at the same time, this is where the indifference and cruelty of reality lies.

Although they all knew that the Cao clan was fiercely loyal to the country, when it was time to unite, the Li clan and the Song clan, as well as those stakeholders, did not hesitate or hesitate.

If people do not do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed.

When one's own vital interests are threatened, it does not matter whether the opponent is good or bad, loyal or treacherous.

"I regret that I didn't get to see Uncle Cao in person. But I heard my grandfather mention that Uncle Cao was a generation of Confucian generals back then, gentle and strict in governing the army, and in terms of personality, you are not like him at all. ”

Song Luoshen said softly.

When she was three or four years old, people didn't remember, and when the man who had hoped to carry the backbone of the Cao family died on the battlefield, she was only three or four years old.

Tough and resolute, yet gentle and elegant.

"Of course I'm not as good as him. ”

Cao Xiuge's eyes were a little sluggish, and then he came back to his senses and poured himself wine.

"So, all I can do is try not to embarrass him. ”

Li Futu raised his wine glass.

"Respect the souls of the underground. ”

Cao Xiuge's eyes twitched, and then he picked up the porcelain cup and touched Li Futu.

Tilt your head and drink it all.

He wiped the corners of his mouth and asked with a smile, "What position are you going to arrange for me?"

Song Luoshen looked at He Wuxian.

"After deliberation, it has been decided that you will visit abroad as a delegate and return to the Emergency Military Intelligence Service. ”

He Wuzhi said: "If you have any opinions, you can mention them now." ”

At this time, visiting abroad is obviously a step closer contact with the heads of state.

This is no ordinary task.

Cao Xiuge, who has lived an ordinary life for a few years, nodded and smiled.

"I have no opinion and obey the organizational arrangement. ”

He Wuzhi nodded, and at the same time, took out a document from his body.

"This is your power of attorney. ”

"So formal?"

Having said that, but when Cao Xiuge took it, it was very formal, using both hands.

"This time abroad, the itinerary will be very intense, and the time will not be too short, I'm sorry, at this time, transfer you out. ”

Li Futu said, looking at the mouse.

The newlywed Yan'er is the time when it is like glue, even if it can take the rat with it, but this pair of men and women who have just received the certificate will obviously not have much time to play in the mountains and rivers.

"It's fine. ”

Cao Xiuge, who could be called an order on the verge of danger, turned his head to look at the rat.

"Pleasure is not in a hurry at this time, we are still young, and the future is long. ”

It's a long time coming.

Li Futu and the others did not speak again.

The group sat for a moment, then left the tavern.

Li Futu and Song Luoshen did not continue to disturb the pair of masters and servants who had finally achieved positive results.

After parting at the door of the tavern, Cao Xiuge took Zi Mouse's hand and walked to the stone arch bridge connecting the two sides of the river.

He looked at the river slowly facing the distance, and said softly: "I heard that this river leads to the North Sea, Zi Rat, you said that we are talking here, my parents, can you hear me?"

The rat pursed his lips tightly and did not make a sound.

After receiving no response for a long time, Cao Xiuge withdrew his gaze from afar and turned his head.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

Under the moonlight, in the color of the lake, the corners of the eyes of this woman, who never seemed to know what weakness was, shimmered brightly.

She stood there, never replying, as if afraid that as soon as she spoke, the emotions she had tried to suppress would collapse instantly.

"Are you feeling sorry for me?"

Cao Xiuge stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears, with a gentle arc.

"I once stood on the top of the mountain that everyone looked up to, with glory and infinite scenery, others can only envy, I am such a lucky person, what is there to feel sorry for. ”

The rat didn't move, but the tears were more and more wiped.

Cao Xiuge smiled bitterly.

"Don't cry, I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities in a two-person world like this in the future, you don't plan to spend it in tears, right?"

He deliberately straightened his face, and took out the shelf to be the master as before.

"I command you not to cry. ”

People are not plants and trees, there will always be times when emotions are out of control, but Zi Rat is not an ordinary person after all, he took a deep breath, suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, and after a while, said in a hoarse and low voice: "Prince, is the matter really that serious?"

Although she had been sitting there quietly just now and didn't ask anything, she still noticed something from Song Luoshen and He Wuxian in person, as well as between the lines of several people.

Cao Xiuge didn't avoid talking anymore, nodded, turned to look into the distance, and sighed lightly.

"It may be hard to believe, but I'm afraid the end of the world is really coming. In the past few years since Emperor Yan disappeared, he discovered an underground world, just under our feet I don't know how deep, there, there lives a race that is the same as us humans, but far more ferocious and warlike than us, they are tired of the harsh and difficult living environment underground, and they are bent on finding a more suitable place for them to survive, so. One day in the near future, they will come to our world. ”

Even if he was prepared, the truth Cao Xiuge said was still too shocking, and the rat was inevitably a little distracted for a while.

Cao Xiuge looked at the rippling river.

"It's hard to accept, right? But life is always like this, even if we are caught off guard and overwhelmed, we can only choose to face it. ”

"But, Prince, you no longer hold any position now, you are just an ordinary person now, no different from these people around you, why do you have to bear the pressure that you don't have to bear, why do you still agree to help them?"

The rat finally couldn't help but ask.

Hate, maybe not.

But to say that there is no complaint, it must be false.

In any case, the crown prince has become like this because of them.

"You think I'm helping them?"

Cao Xiuge smiled softly.

"Rat, this is not an ordinary disaster, but a catastrophe that will sweep through all mankind, and no one can stay out of it. Under the trampling of the iron hooves of the alien race, no one is immune. ”

"This is the land that my parents defended with their lives, and I can't allow it, it's being destroyed. ”

Cao Xiuge's voice was very soft, looking at the river that slowly flowed north and would eventually merge into the sea, his eyes were in a trance.

"In this life, my own wish has failed, so I can only do my best to fulfill my parents' wishes. ”

Standing at the intersection of the moonlight and the lake, Cao Xiuge struggled to stand up straight and smiled lightly.

"I can't let the people of the world live up to me, so I can only teach the Cao family and live up to the people of the world. ”

Looking at the back of the crutches and a little rickety no matter how hard he tried, the rat behind him covered his mouth stiffly, and for the first time in his life, tears welled up in his eyes.